Blake

a birthday card for Dan's Mum, featuring their cat, Blake (whose pastimes include persuading people to open doors for him).

Sensurround

an illustration for New Empress magazine, for an editorial on Sensurround, a process used in the 1970s to create "extended-range bass for sound effects" in cinemas. Film producer and agent Jennings Lang (pictured) wanted to create an "event movie" - and Sensurround was first utilized to create the film "Earthquake", using sound to emphasise the feeling of an earthquake for the cinema audience. Unfortunately, the bass was so loud that ceiling tiles would fall down, cracks appeared in the walls of cinemas, the windows of nearby businesses shattered, and some people reported nose bleeds and headaches.

(You can find the latest issue of New Empress Magazine at BFI Southbank, Wardour News in Soho, The Prince Charles Cinema London, Riverside Studios London (one of my favourite cinemas), and Watershed Media Centre in Bristol, and via the New Empress webshop).

A selection of my illustration work has also just been featured on the blog of Juxtapoz Magazine (one of my favourite magazines). You can find the article here.

Character designs

     

I've found a few old character designs for a children's book I began (but had to abandon) a few years ago.

Epic Studios

3 of my illustrations are now on display (and for sale) at Epic Studios (117 Magdalen Street, Norwich), along with the work of 9 other Norfolk artists. The exhibition was organised by Making Space and will last for a month.

Richard Ayoade

an attempt at drawing Richard Ayoade; actor, writer, comedian and director of Submarine.

"What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real." - Miranda July

A little portrait of Miranda July, one of my favourite filmmakers. 

(You can find her website here: http://mirandajuly.com/)

"If I exorcise my devils, well, my angels may leave too" - Tom Waits

Dan has been asking me to make a portrait of Tom Waits for ages, so here it is.

And here is Tom Waits performing The Piano Has Been Drinking in 1977: